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usually look into delve, dig, explore, go, inquire, investigate, probe, research—more at EXPLORE

look·out noun 1 : a person assigned to watch (as on a ship)

2 : a careful watch

3 : a view from a particular place : VIEW

4 : a matter of concern

5 : an elevated place or structure affording a wide view for observation

Synonyms

[1] custodian, guard, guardian, keeper, picket, sentry, warden, warder, watch, watchman—more at GUARD

[2] alertness, attentiveness, surveillance, vigilance, watch

[3] outlook, panorama, prospect, view, vista—more at VIEW

look up verb 1 : IMPROVE

2 : to search for in or as if in a reference work

3 : to seek out esp. for a brief visit

1loom noun : a frame or machine for weaving together threads or yarns into cloth

2loom verb 1 : to come into sight in an unnaturally large, indistinct, or distorted form

2 : to appear in an impressively exaggerated form

3 : to take shape as an impending occurrence

loon noun : any of several web-footed black-and-white fish-eating diving birds

loo·ny also loo·ney adjective loo·ni·er; -est : disordered in mind : CRAZY, FOOLISH

loony bin noun : a psychiatric hospital

1loop noun 1 a : a fold or doubling of a line through which another line or hook can be passed

b : a loop-shaped figure or course

2 : a circular airplane maneuver executed in the vertical plane

3 : a continuously repeated segment of film, music, or sound

2loop verb : to make a loop in, on, or about

Synonyms

circle, circumnavigate, coil, compass, encircle, girdle, orbit, ring, round—more at ENCIRCLE

loop·er noun : any of numerous rather small hairless moth caterpillars that move with a looping motion

loop·hole noun 1 : a small opening in a wall through which firearms may be discharged

2 : a means of escape; especially : an ambiguity or omission that allows one to evade the intent of a law or contract

1loose adjective loos·er; loos·est 1 : not rigidly fastened

2 : free from restraint or obligation

3 : not dense or compact in structure

4 : not chaste : LEWD

5 : not tightly drawn or stretched : SLACK

6 : not precise or exact

— loose·ly adverb

— loose·ness noun

Synonyms

[1, 5] insecure, lax, relaxed, slack; also detached, free, unattached, unbound, undone, unfastened, untied; baggy; nonrestrictive

Antonyms

taut, tense, tight

[2] footloose, free, unbound, unconfined, unrestrained—more at FREE

[6] imprecise, inaccurate, inexact—more at INEXACT

2loose verb loosed; loos·ing 1 : to let loose : RELEASE; also : to free from restraint

2 : UNTIE

3 : DETACH

4 : to let fly : DISCHARGE

5 : RELAX, SLACKEN

Synonyms

[1] discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, unchain, unfetter—more at FREE

[4] blast, discharge, fire, shoot—more at SHOOT

3loose adverb : LOOSELY

loos·en verb 1 : to release from restraint : FREE

2 : to make or become loose

3 : to relax the severity of

Synonyms

[1] free, loose, release, uncork, unleash, unlock, unloosen—more at RELEASE

[2] ease, relax, slack, slacken—more at SLACKEN

loosen up verb : to become less tense

1loot noun [ORIGIN: Hindi & Urdu lūṭ; akin to Skt lunṭati he plunders]

: goods taken in war or by robbery : PLUNDER

— loot·er noun

Synonyms

booty, plunder, spoil, swag; also prize; catch, haul, take; windfall

2loot verb : to plunder or sack in war

Synonyms

despoil, maraud, pillage, plunder, ransack, sack, strip—more at RANSACK

1lop verb lopped; lop·ping 1 : to cut branches or twigs from

2 : to eliminate as unnecessary or undesirable — usu. used with off

Synonyms

usually lop off bob, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, dock, nip, prune, shave, shear, trim—more at CLIP

2lop verb lopped; lop·ping : to hang downward; also : to flop or sway loosely

1lope noun : an easy bounding gait

2lope verb : to move or ride at a lope

lop·sid·ed adjective 1 : leaning to one side

2 : not symmetrical

— lop·sid·ed·ly adverb

— lop·sid·ed·ness noun